In the we-kid-you-not department: For the "bargain" price of $49.95, you can now purchase for yourself your very own set of KISS or THE OSBOURNES collectible celebrity bath ducks. An OZZY OSBOURNE bath duck is available separately at a discount price of $11.99. According to the manufacturer,

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted has told MTV.com that it was primarily the band's tight control over his outside projects that caused him to leave the group in January 2001 "They have to recognize the four beings that make up this one great entity, and it wasn't like that," he said. "I didn't feel like ...

Guitarist/vocalist Rob Urbinati got together a couple of days ago with his former SACRIFICE bandmates Gus Pynn (drums) and Scott Watts (bass) and jammed some old SACRIFICE stuff, according to Voices From The Darkside. "It was fun, even though we all had trouble remembering the stuff," Urbinati commented. Rob is currently preparing to ...

FILTER frontman Richard Patrick has posted the following update via the group's official web site: "Yes, I have come back down to reality in Los Angeles. I'm still really appreciating Christmas because I had a wonderful time with my mother and father. When I got back last night, my girlfriend and I celebrated the holidays. ...

DEEP PURPLE will release another live album, titled "Perks & Tit", through Purple Records in February. Recorded live in San Diego on Apr. 9, 1974 (three days after the classic "California Jam"), the CD will contain the following track listing: 01. Burn 02. Might Just Take Your Life 03. Lay Down 04. Stay Down 05. ...

MY DYING BRIDE have set August 2003 as the tentative release date for their upcoming studio album, which they plan to begin recording in February. "We have about 50 minutes worth of music now and are heading into full rehearsals in January to start sounding them out," stated guitarist Andrew Craighan. Among the titles set ...

Britain's PITCHSHIFTER are currently in the process of making a live album. Recorded on the last UK tour in October 2002, the CD's release is set coincide with the band's upcoming UK tour in March of 2003. Commented vocalist J.S. Clayden: "Things are going great in the studio so far. Mixing a whole live set ...

Los Angeles-based ANKLA, featuring PUYA guitarist Ramon Ortiz, Brazilian vocalist Ikaro Stafford, and L.A local J.J. McNeal on bass, have added drummer Aaron Rossi (STRIFE, SHELTER, MEDICATION) to the group's ranks. The as-yet-unsigned band are currently shopping a seven-song demo produced by SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga, who was briefly featured in an earlier incarnation of ...

VOIVOD, the Montreal-based metallers that feature in their ranks former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, have finalized the track listing for their new album, "The Multiverse", due out on Mar. 4, 2003 through Newsted's Chophouse Records (in association with Surfdog). The track listing is as follows: 01. Gasmask Revival 02. Facing Up 03. Blame Us 04. ...